Gummatous Ulcers On The Labia Majora The Posterior The Right Labium Minus And The Vagina

Illustration from 'Atlas of Syphilis and the Venereal Diseases' (by Frank Mracek and Lemuel Bolton Bangs), 1898. Both labia majora the clitoris and the labia minora are hypertrophied; their consistence not perceptibly increased. At the margin of the left labium majus are three circular ulcers as large as a bean at the margin of the right/ Plates 46 46a: two about twice as large and on the posterior commissure two still larger ones separated by a narrow bridge of tissue. These ulcers have sharply defined edges the base is irregularly degenerated and they are for the most part covered with pus. (Photo by VintageMedStock/Getty Images)